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However, the prosecution heard that instead of being transported on a yacht as promised, 17 refugees were shipped using rubber dinghies and were not allowed to wear life jackets out of fears they would be spotted by authorities.

The brothers allegedly threatened the refugees with violence, forcing them to board the dinghies on November 16 to 17 last year.

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One dinghy is believed to have capsized, killing eight

One of the dinghies later capsized off the coast of Kos and eight passengers died.

The case came to the attention of the courts based on the testimony of an Iraqi man who lost his wife, daughter and one of two sons in the incident.

Migrant crisis explained in numbers

Fri, July 22, 2016

A monthly record of 218,394 migrants and refugees reached Europe by sea in October, the UN says, almost as many as the total number of arrivals in 2014. We take a look at the shocking statistics facing the humanitarian crisis.